Surviving or thriving?: Exploring school leaders’ perception of initiated digital transformation
2024 (English)In: School Leadership and Management, ISSN 1363-2434, E-ISSN 1364-2626, Vol. 44, no 3, p. 228-250Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The global pandemic, COVID-19 shattered everyday life as we know it and disrupted education globally. In this study, we explore an initiated digital transformation accelerated by the pandemic from school leaders’ perspectives in the context of Swedish high schools. The data consists of a questionnaire with 105 school leaders containing both fixed and open-ended response types. The results reveal significant differences in school leaders’ views on how the transition has worked, whether they and their staff have developed their digital competence, and, how it will affect the school onwards. Contributions include theorising about school leaders’ experiences of navigating an accelerated digital transformation prompted by the pandemic. We introduce four school leader profiles: (a) the enthusiast, (b) the affirmative (c) the skeptical, and (d) the hesitant. These profiles serve to encapsulate the nuanced perspectives of school leaders, thereby enriching our comprehension of their diverse requirements and priorities.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis Group, 2024. Vol. 44, no 3, p. 228-250
Keywords [en]
School leadership, COVID-19, digital transformation, coping strategies, digital competence, school leader profiles
National Category
Pedagogical Work
Research subject
Research on Citizen Centered Health, University of Skövde (Reacch US)
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-23386DOI: 10.1080/13632434.2023.2282618ISI: 001105589400001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85177637298OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-23386DiVA, id: diva2:1814651
Note
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
Published online: 24 Nov 2023
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CONTACT Sara Willermark sara.willermark@hv.se
2023-11-272023-11-272024-08-13Bibliographically approved